The OptiQPAP consotium members have participated at the Seventh Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth (http://www.rexgg2019.org), which took place in Ghent (Belgium) on 4-9th of August, 2019. Prof. Roumen Petrov from University of Ghent and Prof. Jilt Sietsma from TU Delft were among the organizers of the event. Significant amount of presentations focused on the evolution of microstructure and properties of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). Dr. Ali Smith from CSM gave a talk on the effect of niobium on austenite evolution during hot rolling of AHSS based on the outcomes of the OptiQPAP project.